The Octopus – the largest private motor yacht in the possesion of Paul Allen
In case you are billionaire, you wouldn’t be satisfied with any boat. The same was thinking the Microsoft mogul Paul Allen when he decided that he needs a spectacular boat. When Octopus was released back into 2003, the world has never ceased to wonder at this magnificent $200 million boat. Paul, who is among the top ten of the richest Americans didn’t bother about the money, when was building this floating 127 m paradise. Octopus is the largest private motor yacht in the world.
There is no question why this yacht is remarkable, simply because Octopus is introducing a whole new chapter in yachts building. Octopus holds the record with its accessibility and options, never known before its releasing into 2003. The ideas for building such a boat came from the need of an impressive vessel that has a super capacity. This is why Octopus is build to hold two helicopters, seven boats and a submarine. The boat comes with an amazing remote vehicle for crawling. The Octopus submarine is made for 10 crew and has the ability to be two weeks underwater.
The whole crew of Octopus is near 60 people. Everything in a boat is peculiar to some special extend. The difference is that Allen`s boat is far more luxurious and mighty. The yacht is manufactured by the German manufacturer Lurssenin a cooperation with the U.S. special yacht designing company.
The yacht, which cost slightly more than 200 million U.S. dollars, has very elaborated high-tech systems, including a small submarine that is made with a special navigation program. According to his owner, Octopus needs at least $20 million per year for maintenance and improvement. On the board of Octopus there are all sorts of technological facilities. The navigation system of this yacht is one of the most precise in the world. The surprise is that Octopus has a special equipment installed on board that can easily detects the location of ancient cities or underwater shipwrecks, apparently because of the passion of Paul Allen for this type of underwater archeology.
